They stopped the bike and took her to a desolate place by the roadside where they took turns to rape her

  • JojoEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Not to reduce the impact sexual assault has every time it occurs, but I’m assuming that USA number isn’t cited as rape for a reason, especially since the source does use the word rape further down. Perhaps that explains the disparity?

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      There’s a ton more to it than that, for example:

      Martial rape is not considered a crime in India

      Rape is legally considered exclusively an act done by a man to a woman, therefore counts exclude raped committed against men

      Finally due to stigma in the country and the judicial system often trying to shelter men who commit assault, cases go under-reported and under-prosecuted, lessening the count.

      • JojoEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, that kind of sounds like my point. The us number is inflated by all the groping and flashing or whatever, and the India number is heavily deflated by only counting what gets reported and recorded as rape.